Daughter of the Shtetl - (Jews of Russia & Eastern Europe and Their Legacy) by Doba-Mera Medvedeva (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Daughter of the Shtetl is an unusual memoir by an uneducated but sharply observant Jewish woman. Through the eyes of Doba-Mera, we experience the class divisions in shtetl and synagogue; pogroms and wars; working conditions in sewing shops; revolutionary circles around 1905; as well as aspects of everyday life such as education, courtship, housing, food, and illness.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Daughter of the Shtetl is an unusual memoir by an uneducated but sharply observant Jewish woman. Through the eyes of Doba-Mera, we experience the class divisions in shtetl and synagogue; pogroms and wars; working conditions in sewing shops; revolutionary circles around 1905; as well as aspects of everyday life such as education, courtship, housing, food, and illness.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><strong>Alice Nakhimovsky </strong>is Distinguished Professor of Jewish Studies and Professor of Russian and Eurasian Studies at Colgate University. She is best known for her book <em>Russian Jewish Literature and Identity </em>(Johns Hopkins, 1991). Her latest book, <em>Dear Mendel, Dear Reyzel: Yiddish Letter Manuals in Russia and America </em>(Indiana University Press, 2015), written with Roberta Newman, won a National Jewish Book Award.</p><p>Historian <strong>Michael Beizer</strong> of Hebrew University, Jerusalem, is the author of numerous books and articles on Russian Jewry. His <em>Jews of St. Petersburg</em>, out in three languages, was a groundbreaking study of a group whose existence, at the time, was barely acknowledged. His latest book is <em>Relief in a time of Need: Russian Jewry and the Joint, 1919-1924 </em>(Slavica, 2015).</p>
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